NJC

Biography

In the beginning Clarkson worked from his bedroom studio in Ipswich, England. He produced a number of tracks with local dance DJ's and artists. During 1998 he collaborated with local Hip Hop crew Don Congregation aka Don Con alongside Krie (Carl Herbert). Carl Herbert later went onto start British clothing label 'Don Wear UK'. Nat had his debut in 2002 with 'Dispatches' on British Drum and Bass label L.Plates. It was the guidance of British Drum and Bass don Digital aka Steve Carr (Drum and Bas...

In the beginning Clarkson worked from his bedroom studio in Ipswich, England. He produced a number of tracks with local dance DJ's and artists. During 1998 he collaborated with local Hip Hop crew Don Congregation aka Don Con alongside Krie (Carl Herbert). Carl Herbert later went onto start British clothing label 'Don Wear UK'.

Nat had his debut in 2002 with 'Dispatches' on British Drum and Bass label L.Plates. It was the guidance of British Drum and Bass don Digital aka Steve Carr (Drum and Bass producer and DJ) that gave Nat his first opportunity to release and develop his music.

During 2002 Nat was introduced to Gordon Mulrain and joined together as NJC & Innerheart, they went on to produce 7 of the 13 tracks on 'Straight Outta Britain' the debut album of UK reggae artist YT. Nat was also introduced to 'Ola' from the then Stage One Music publishing company in London. Nat put together a sampler of the various projects he'd been working on and sent it to Stage One Music for consideration. In the winter of 2002 he signed a 3 year publishing deal with Stage One Music. Stage One Music split and Ola founded 'The DML' (The Dance Music Library) to which Nat still writes for today.

In 2004 Nat was commissioned to write a theme tune for Playstation 2 game 'Dogs Life'. The track was used on the cover-mount DVD in Europe for Playstation 2 Magazine. Dogs Life the game was later released around the world and Nat's track was reported to have been used in the Southern Hemisphere for terrestrial TV adverts. Later Sony BMG agreed to an out of court settlement with Stage One Music, as they hadn't obtained the relevant license for the songs usage.

Throughout 2007 and 2008 Nat produced various albums for The DML (The Dance Music Library formerly Stage One Music) on various dance based concepts for use in film, TV and the web. Many of his recent compositions have been used across all major territories around the world in many mainstream Television programs including Masterchef, Skunked TV, Fifth Gear, Really Wild Show, Americas Next Top Model, Miami Ink and C.S.I New York.

In January 2009 Nat was approached by new Trance producer and DJ Chris Grabiec from west London. Also involved in the project is singer songwriter Raechel Waldon who has vast experience of the music business having written for the likes of MJ Cole, Matt Schwartz, Brad Carter and Tin Tin Out to name a few. Nat and Chris have launched a new label called 'Dance Regime' as their outlet for releasing the new music they produce.

Ambiel Music was launched in April 2009, founded originally by Gordon Mulrain and Frances Shelley as a publishing company has now branched out as a label, to cater mainly for the growing artist and band roster from Nat and Gordon (NJC & Innerheart). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.